Unit 2: Human Geography Review Unit 2: Human Geography Review.

Unit 2: Human Geography

Review

Unit 2: Human

GeographyReview

The study of the world, its people, communities and

cultures...

The total knowledge, shared attitudes, and behaviors of the members of a specific

group...

What is innovation?

What and Where are Cultural Hearths?

Site from where basic ideas and innovations diffuse to other cultures.

What is Cultural Diffusion?

The spread of ideas, inventions or behaviors to different societies.

Discuss Acculturation...

What is Assimilation?

Describe the population pyramid shape of a least developed country and its defining characteristics.

High birth rate, high mortality rate, rapidly increasing population, greater need for schools

Describe the population pyramid shape of a more developed nation and its defining characteristics.

Population is not growing, greater need for retirement homes

Push or Pull?

Collapsed economy

Push or Pull?

High tech jobs in Austin, TX

Push or Pull?

Religious Freedom

Push or Pull?

Natural Disaster

Push or Pull?

Which employment sector?

Which

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Which employment sector?

Less Developed, Newly Industrialized, or Less

Developedsubsistence farming

Was mostly poor but is now developing a “middle class”...


Developed


Developed

A large “middle class”...


Developed

Shifting from Rural to Urban...


Developed

Life expectancy of 83...


Developed

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Developed

High infant mortality rate...

Nation-State or Stateless

Nation?

Type of border?

Rule by all?

Rule by a small group?

Rule by one?

Political System?

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